February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	78.86%, 4.95%
First party Second party   Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath Party Labour Conservative Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965 Last election 44 seats, 44.5% 23 seats, 38.0% Seats won 40 21 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 1,057,601 950,668 Percentage 36.6% 32.9% Swing 7.9% 5.1%   Third party Fourth party   SNP Liberal Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe Party SNP Liberal Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967 Last election 1 seat, 11.4% 3 seats, 5.5% Seats won 7 3 Seat change 6 Popular vote 633,180 229,162 Percentage 21.9% 7.9% Swing 10.5% 2.4%
Results of the Feb. 1974 election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 28 February 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.^[1]

MPs

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (February 1974–October 1974)

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	40	4	1,057,601	36.6	7.9
	Conservative	21	2	950,668	32.9	5.1
	SNP	7	6	633,180	21.9	10.5
	Liberal	3		229,162	7.9	2.4
	Other	0		16,464	0.6	0.1
Turnout:				2,887,075	78.86

Votes summary

References